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Jane,
Welcome to the Forum. With a two year plan, you'll have plenty of time to learn everything you need to know. Of course, in 2 years you could be married and have a family!
It's been stated already—biodiesel can be hard to find. Diesel generally has more maintenance costs than a gas engine too. There are a few hybrid trucks around and I think some have already been discontinued because of weak sales. At this point, the cost of hybrids are still very high compared to benefits. You can save electricity by replacing the bulbs with LED's, but that is expensive and I'm not sure it's a big green savings either. A solar panel can help a bit. Perhaps the biggest savings is not maintaining a stationery lodging, but even then the fuel used in towing may erase that. It seems to me there's not a lot green that can be done with a fulltime lifestyle, but even the little things help.
There are some organizations that help fulltimers with license, registration, mail, etc. One is Escapees. I think they register vehicles in Texas as it's cheap there and it's legal. Good Sam may have something too. There's a fulltimer subforum to read.
If you can't make it to the Casini rally, the same group is having a rally at Mt. Lassen and the lava tubes in northern California in early August. You'd have about 5 days to find out everything you can.
The heaviest Airstreams are the most recent widebodies with the most expensive trim lines. The wide bodies are 8 1/2', 6 inches more than before (or for some of the less expensive ones now). The most expensive trim lines have a lot of hard wood cabinets and similar sized models to less expensive trim lines can weigh a ton more. The further back you go in time, the lighter the models. What I think you are looking for is something from the early '80's to the mid-'90's in very good condition. Most of them can be pulled with a 1/2 ton truck or comparable SUV. While you can pay $50,000 for a big truck with all the toys, you can get a very nice new truck for a lot less. When we bought a Toyota Tundra in late '07, a double cab with 4WD in the SR5 trim line was going for a little less than $30,000 and may be less now. Right now new vehicles may be cheaper than used ones because of all the special offers. An older trailer will problem need something(s) expensive and there'll be other things you'll want to buy, so make sure you have saved extra money above the cost of a trailer and truck.
Gene
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